Ed Koch, mayor who became a symbol of NYC, dies at 88 — NEW YORK (AP) — Ed Koch's favorite moment as mayor of New York City, fittingly, involved yelling. — Suddenly inspired to do something brash about the rare transit strike that crippled the city in 1980, he strode down to the Brooklyn Bridge …

Hagel delivers shaky performance — Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) delivered a shaky performance at his confirmation hearing to lead the Pentagon while enduring a difficult day of grilling by his former Republican colleagues. — Hagel stumbled over some answers — describing Iran as having a …

POLICE: SUICIDE BOMBING AT US EMBASSY, 2 DEAD … ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A suspected suicide bomber detonated an explosive device at the entrance of the U.S. Embassy in the Turkish capital on Friday, killing himself and one other person, officials said. — U.S. Ambassador Francis Ricciardione …

Suicide bomber kills guard at U.S. embassy in Turkey — (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed a Turkish security guard at the U.S. embassy in Ankara on Friday, blowing the door off a side entrance and sending smoke and debris flying into the street. — Ankara Governor Alaaddin Yuksel …

IRS: Cheapest Obamacare Plan Will Be $20,000 Per Family — (CNSNews.com) - In a final regulation issued Wednesday, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) assumed that under Obamacare the cheapest health insurance plan available in 2016 for a family will cost $20,000 for the year.

Paranoid NRA Releases Enemy List - Are YOU On It? — Enemy lists...They go back as far as politics have been a part of our culture. Nixon, Joseph McCarthy, Pol Pot, Stalin, Lenin, Hitler, Saddam Hussein, and Generalissimo Francisco Franco, who is, we believe, still dead.

Hillary Clinton Takes a Rest, How Weird Is That? — Hillary Rodham Clinton's plan for 2013 was simple. — She'd embark on an epic swansong around the world as secretary of state, a dizzying itinerary of east-west and north-south flights that would take her past 1 million miles in the air …

RNC ends 2012 in the black — The Republican National Committee ended the 2012 presidential cycle in the black, the party announced Thursday. — The committee ended the year with $4.7 million in cash on hand, and raised $378 million over the last two years.

Senator Has Long Ties to Donor Under Scrutiny — Dr. Salomon E. Melgen, a wealthy Florida eye surgeon, has always been happy to help out his friend, Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey. — He rushed to the senator's side when Mr. Menendez's mother died, flew him around on his private jet …

GOP prods a hesitant Scott Brown to run for Senate — With time running short, Washington Republicans have begun a “full court press” to persuade an increasingly reluctant Scott Brown to run in the special election to replace John F. Kerry, say two leading Massachusetts GOP figures.

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